NSW has recorded just two new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, including a nurse who tested positive after working at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney while infectious. The casual nurse worked a single evening shift on Wednesday while infectious, NSW Health said. “The nurse provided specialised care to a single patient, and had limited contact… Read More »
The growth in cases of coronavirus may be slowing down, the largest study of the infection in England suggests. A team at Imperial College London analysed samples from 84,000 people chosen at random from across the country. They said the R number, the virus’s reproduction number, appears to have fallen since measures including the “rule… Read More »
The World Health Organization on Monday reported the highest one-day increase in coronavirus cases, a total of 307,930 in a 24-hour period, the highest number recorded since the start of the pandemic. The United States, India, and Brazil, the countries with the highest number of total coronavirus cases, logged the highest numbers of new cases… Read More »
According to an August 28, 2020, article1,2 in The Telegraph, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson now “insists he does not want to see face coverings in schools.” During a question and answer session posted on Facebook, Johnson said:3,4 “There’s no need for it. Indeed, there’s a need not to have it because obviously it’s very,… Read More »
Lagos, September 7: or many 12th graders, the closure of Nigeria’s public schools to combat the spread of COVID-19 presents a particular problem: How to prepare for crucial, final exams? Basirat Olamide Ajayi, a math teacher in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city, came up with a solution. Also Read | Pakistan to Reopen Schools, Colleges in Phased… Read More »